10th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment explained

Unit Name:10th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
Dates:June 21, 1861 – July 6, 1864
Country: United States
Allegiance:Union
Branch:Infantry
Size:1,218
Command Structure:In 1862: 2nd Brigade (Devens's), 3rd Division (Newton's), VI Corps, Army of the Potomac
Disbanded:July 6, 1864
Commander1:Henry Shaw Briggs
Commander1 Label:Colonel
Commander2:Henry L. Eustis
Commander2 Label:Colonel
Identification Symbol Label:VI Corps (3rd Division) badge

The 10th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment was a regiment of infantry in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Organized at Hampden Park in Springfield, Massachusetts in the early summer of 1861 and consisting mostly of men from western Massachusetts, the regiment was mustered in on June 21, 1861. It was originally led by Colonel Henry Shaw Briggs, an attorney and prominent citizen of Pittsfield, Massachusetts.[1]

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  1. Bowen, 196